Bayswater tube station
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox London station Bayswater (Template:IPAc-en) is a London Underground station in the Bayswater area of the City of Westminster. It is on the Circle line and the Edgware Road branch of the District line, between Notting Hill Gate and Paddington stations.<ref>Template:Cite map/Standard Tube Map</ref> The station is less than Template:Convert away from Queensway station on the Central line. It is located in London fare zone 1.
Location
The station is located on the busy Queensway tourist street and is only a few metres from Bayswater Road. It is a short walk from Portobello Market.<ref name=maps>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Further north along the street is the site of the former Whiteleys shopping centre, which is currently under redevelopment.<ref name=maps/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Also nearby is Westbourne Grove, Queens ice rink and bowling centre, Kensington Gardens and St Sophia's Greek Orthodox Cathedral.<ref name=maps/> It is less than Template:Convert away from Queensway station on the Central line.<ref name=maps/>
History
The station was opened by the steam-operated Metropolitan Railway (MR) (now the Metropolitan line) on 1 October 1868 as Bayswater,<ref name=rename/> as part of the railway's southern extension to South Kensington where it connected to the District Railway (DR).Template:Sfn<ref name=culgcircle>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=culgdistrict>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Construction of the railway line, through the already developed Bayswater area required the excavation of a tunnel using the cut and cover method: a trench Template:Convert deep was excavated between brick retaining walls which was then roofed-over with brick arches to allow building work above. Large compensation payments were made to landowners affected by the excavations and, in Leinster Gardens to the east, the frontages of two houses demolished to make way for the line were reconstructed to restore the appearance of a terrace of houses.Template:Sfn<ref group=note>The dummy frontages at 23 and 24 Leinster Gardens remain and feature blank windows and false front doors and small porticos matching the adjacent buildings.</ref>
Template:Multiple image The platforms of Bayswater station were constructed in the trench and provided with a glazed roof. A short section of the trench was left unroofed to the west of the station to allow smoke and steam from the trains to escape from the tunnels. Even before the completion in 1884 of the continuous circuit of tracks which are now the Circle line, the MR and DR operated services through Bayswater as the Inner Circle.<ref name=culgcircle/> The MR originally provided all of the trains, but from 1871, each company operated half of the service.Template:Sfn
In 1905, to improve the conditions in the tunnels and stations and increase service frequencies, the MR electrified the tracks through Bayswater and, in conjunction with the DR, around the whole of the Inner Circle and across most of their routes.<ref name=culgcircle/> Electric trains began running on 1 July 1905,<ref name=culgcircle/> but the MR's poor coordination of the installation work with the DR led to disruption for several months.Template:Sfn
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On 1 November 1926, the District line began a service between Edgware Road and Putney Bridge and the station was also renamed to Bayswater (Queen's Road) & Westbourne Grove.<ref name=rename/> From this date the MR operated all Inner Circle services apart from a few District line operated Sunday services.Template:Sfn The station was then renamed again to Bayswater (Queen's Road) in 1933.<ref name=rename/> In 1946, it was renamed to Bayswater (Queensway) but the suffix was gradually dropped.<ref name=rename/> In 1949, the service was separately identified on the tube map as the Circle line for the first time.Template:Sfn
The station was refurbished by Metronet in 2006.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Services
Bayswater station is on the Circle line and the Edgware Road branch of the District line between Notting Hill Gate and Paddington.
Circle line
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:
- 6tph clockwise to Edgware Road via Paddington (Praed Street)<ref name=culgcircle/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 6tph anti-clockwise to Hammersmith via High Street Kensington and Victoria<ref name=culgcircle/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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District line
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:
- 6tph eastbound to Edgware Road<ref name=culgdistrict /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 6tph westbound to Wimbledon<ref name=culgdistrict /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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There is also a morning service every day from Acton Town (Ealing Broadway on Saturdays) to Edgware Road and a late evening service from Edgware Road to Ealing Broadway on Sundays only.<ref name=culgdistrict />
Connections
London Bus day, night and 24-hour bus routes serve the station.<ref name=busroute>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=nbusroute>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Incidents
In November 2017, a 29-year-old man attempted to murder a 55-year-old man by pushing him in front of a District line train as it was pulling in to the platform. However, the victim survived by adopting a foetal position between the rails as the train passed over him.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In popular culture
Bayswater tube station is the subject of a painting by Walter Sickert dating from 1916, showing the platform-sign reading 'Queen's Road (Bayswater)' beside a big advertisement for Whiteley's department store. The station was later renamed Bayswater,<ref name=rename/> to avoid confusion with Queensway station, which was also named 'Queen's Road' until 1946.